Samuel L. Jackson Defends Brie Larson Against ‘Incel Dudes Who Hate Strong Women’

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Jackson is addressing the backlash to longtime co-star Brie Larson as Captain Marvel in the MCU.The “Secret Invasion” actor told Rolling Stone that Oscar winner Larson is an unapologetically “feminist,” which is just something Marvel fans and “incel dudes” alike will have to live with.“Brie’s a stronger person than people give her credit for,” Jackson said of his “Marvels” co-star.

“She’s not going to let any of that stuff destroy her.

These incel dudes who hate strong women, or the fact that she’s a feminist who has an opinion and expressed it? Everybody wants people to be who they want them to be.

She is who she is, and she’s genuinely that.”Jackson reflected on how he and Larson first became friends while working on the 2017 King Kong iteration “Kong: Skull Island.”“We had done ‘Kong’ together, which was not the most…

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